RECON: TNO occultation with 609221

Event between (609221) 04VC131 and star GA1120:00864921 with event index number of 2789313

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/11/12 22:33:16 UTC

J2000 position of star is 04:53:09.9 +22:09:36
Equinox of date position of star is 04:54:36.3 +22:11:53
Stellar brightness G=16.2, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 107 degrees from the moon. Moon is 18% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.3

Object is 41.0 AU from the Sun and 40.1 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 22.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 115 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1508 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.1
Diameter=351.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 15.9 sec chord
Diameter=143.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 609221, (2028/11/12 22:33UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:34.8 +16:33:55  0.8  6.96 111
Alnath         05:28:07.2 +28:37:45  1.6  9.87  99
PPM 093742     04:47:27.3 +23:40:43  6.1  2.26 109
PPM 093881     04:56:33.2 +22:11:27  8.5  0.38 107
PPM 093851     04:54:48.8 +22:16:48  9.7  0.08 107
609221         04:54:53.7 +22:12:20 16.2       106
Positions are for equinox of date

Azimuth is measured in degrees eastward from north. North is at an azimuth of 0, due East is at an azimuth of 90 degrees, due South is 180, and due West is 270.

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Star training set for 609221, (2028/11/12 22:33UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8  6.96 111
Alnath         05:26:17.6 +28:36:23  1.6  9.87  99
PPM 093742     04:45:42.5 +23:37:41  6.1  2.26 109
PPM 093881     04:54:49.3 +22:08:47  8.5  0.38 107
PPM 093851     04:53:04.9 +22:14:04  9.7  0.08 107
609221         04:53:09.9 +22:09:36 16.2       107
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/01/09 22:28:27 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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